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CVC Capital Buys BASF Printing

HUNTINGTON, WV—Funds managed by European equity firm CVC Capital Partners has acquired the printing inks and printing plates operations of BASF. The deal includes all of the BASF printing system facilities and activities, including pigment production at BASF Colorants & Chemicals in Shanghai, China, and the production of alkali blue at the facility here. The Huntington manufacturing plant employs 120 people.